Heath Duathlon, World Masters Champs, BeFIt Open and Last Friday 5K
running order :
Hampstead Heath Duathlon
World Masters Athletics Champs
Other T&F ( Stratford , BeFit , and Shafesbury Barnet )
Last Friday 5K
Parkruns
27th Hampstead Heath Duathlon 30/8/26
Hannah sends in this report of the events at the Duathlon ( with pic from Marcus ) ;
“ There were over 400 participants for the 27th Hampstead Heath Duathlon (also known as the Pondathlon/Pondathlon). For the uninitiated, the race involves swimming three lengths in Parliament Hill Lido (180m), a 1.1km run from the Lido to Highgate Men's Pond followed by a swim (approx. 340m), a run to the Mixed Pond (approx. 2.9km), a swim in the Mixed Pond (180m), and a final run to the finish near the Lido (approx. 1.4km). It was possibly the first year without a swim in Kenwood Ladies' Pond owing to the presence of blue-green algae. The first Heathsider home was Patrick McHugh, who put in a fantastic performance to finish just outside the top 20.
The conditions were perfect (20 degrees, both water and air temperature, with a light breeze).”
1st I Gelder 27:44
21st Patrick McHugh 31:49
45th Marcus Lloyd 33:55 (1st V60 M) - ( pic )
57th Tanya Addison 35:05 (1st V50 F ) - ( pic )
95th Hannah Yip 37:55
219th Marianne Gibson 43:46
412th Marcus Tillotson (V50) 01:00:39
World Masters Athletics Championships, Daegu 22/8 – 3/9/26
Three Heathsiders competed for Great Britain at the World Masters in South Korea. Despite the challenging hot humid weather all three produced great performances. Adrian Essex in particular was unlucky to miss the V75 200m final with the 9th best time and finished 6th in Long Jump. Adrian Day was ranked 12th overall in the V65 400m. Robin Hardy finished a creditable 11th in the Throwing Pentathalon despite some irratic measurements by the officials.
They will be looking to replicate their performances, this time in Heathside colours, at the Vet League Final at the end of September.
100m
V65
H2 6th Adrian Day (V65) 14.83s
V75
H1 2nd Adrian Essex (V75) 15.86s Q
SF1 5th Adrian Essex (V75) 16.12s
200m
V65
H4 4th Adrian Day (V65) 30.08s
V75
H3 4th Adrian Essex (V75) 32.98s
400m
V65
H2 4th Adrian Day (V65) 67.50s
V75
H3 4th Adrian Essex (V75) 1:26.01
Long Jump
V75
6th Adrian Essex (V75) 3.18m
Throw Pentathalon
V60
11th Robin Hardy (V60) 2,386 pts
(SP 9.72m, DT 30.97m, HT 30.58m, JT 22.89m, WT 11.42m)
Moving on to Track & Field results from meetings held during the week at Stratford, Lee Valley, and StoneX ;
Stratford Speed, Stratford 31/8/26
100m
Rd 1
H18 3rd Abraham Orekan 11.60s
H19 4th Ike Lionel 11.34s
H19 7th Daniel Isichei 11.66s
H20 6th John Wilkie 11.71s
Rd 2
H11 5th Ike Kionel 11.61s
H14 2nd John Wilkie 11.71s
200m
H5 6th Jeanne Vellard 27.69s
H11 2nd Abraham Orekan 23.00s
400m
H2 2nd Noelle O'Regan (V35) 61.50s
800m
H2 2nd Richard Macaulay (V40) 2:20.10
BeFit Open, Lee Valley 29/8/26
100m
H8 2nd Cara Brown 13.69s
H2 3rd Andray Brown (U14B) 13.52s
H12 2nd Montana Dennis (U20M) 11.44s
H14 4th Tony Silverman (U70M) 15.41s
H15 5th Rico Sobers (V35) 12.71s
H19 2nd Hallam Dixon 11.30s
200m
H4 1st Jeanne Vellard 27.60s
H14 1st Dylan Dang (U16B) 24.88s
H14 3rd Rasman Callender-Brad (U16B) 25.56s
H20 4th Michael Salousti (V60M) 30.09s
H20 5th Tony Silverman (V70) 32.71s
H22 1st Hallam Dixon 22.86s
400m
H1 3rd Noelle O'Regan (V35) 62.49s
800m
H2 4th Richard Macaulay (V40) 2:04.73
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Open StoneX stadium 31/8/26
75m ( U12)
Esther Schofield 12.52s
Eva Deakin 13.24s
75mH ( U14)
Abena Boyer 11.93s
High Jump ( U16)
Edith Deakin 1m 41
Last Friday 5K Hyde Park 28/8/26
2 Tom Aldred 15:40
30 Rob Shulman 18:38
75 Emma Simpson 21:45
78 Pete Crockford 21:56
94 Peter Wooton 22:44
Parkruns
106 Heathsiders took part in Parkruns last weekend ; fastest times to Sam Macaulay 16.27 at Finsbury Park and Andy Barnes 16.53 Highbury Fields ; other first places to Alex Green ( Lordship Rec ), Hazel Guo ( Ally Pally ), Andrew Baldock ( Loch Leven ), and Alan O’Shea ( Southall )
Full results can be found here
Compiled by Mark Geroge, with thanks to information on the Duathlon from Hannah and Marcus, and to Simon for the Masters and BeFit events